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Gov. Pillen Appoints Jesse Bradley to be Interim Director of DEE and DNR

Feb 12, 2025 / Laura Strimple

LINCOLN, NE – Today, Governor Jim Pillen announced his appointment of Jesse Bradley as interim director for the Department of Environment and...

Residential Plowing to Begin at 9 a.m. in Grand Island

Feb 12, 2025 / Spencer Schubert Communications Manager City of GI

Grand Island, Neb. — The City of Grand Island will begin plowing snow in the residential areas beginning at 9 a.m. Wednesday, February 12. Re...

GI City Council Approves Good Life District Master Plan

Feb 12, 2025 / Spencer Schubert Communications Manager City of GI

Our city council meeting has concluded for the night, with another round of key decisions impacting the "big picture" for the city for decades to c...

GI Police Report

Feb 12, 2025 / GIPD

News media report for: 2/12/25All crimes reported in this news media report are felonies for the past 24 hours. For more information on report...

Latest Weather Update on Winter Weather from NWS

Feb 12, 2025 / NWS

Key Message #1:For now, there have been NO CHANGES to ongoing Winter Weather Advisory and Winter Storm Warning. IN GENERAL, final/eventual snow tot...

City of Grand Island Issues Snow Emergency

Feb 11, 2025 / Spencer Schubert Communications Manager City of GI

Grand Island, Neb. — Based on the official Winter Weather Advisory issued by the National Weather Service, the City of Grand Island has decla...

Transfer Station Announces Maintenance Closure

Feb 11, 2025 / Spencer Schubert Communications Manager City of GI

Grand Island, Neb. — The Transfer Station, which is located at 5050 West Old Potash Highway, will be closed on Friday, February 21 and Saturd...

NSP Urges Online Safety for Safer Internet Day

Feb 11, 2025 / NSP

February  11, 2025 (Lincoln, NEB.)  —  Today is Safer Internet Day! The Nebraska State Patrol Tech Crimes Unit and Internet Cr...

Vorderstrasse named Hastings Fire Chief

Feb 11, 2025 / City Of Hastings Release

Members of the Hastings City Council voted 8-0 during their regular meeting on Monday, Feb. 10 to appoint Troy Vorderstrasse as Chief of Hastings F...

Hastings Police Report

Feb 11, 2025 / HPD

February 11th 2025Reported Offenses: On February 10, 2025, a 38-year-old Hastings resident reported a hit and run accident in the 200 block of Wes...

Winter Weather Returns

Feb 11, 2025 / NWS

Key Message #1:Overall, there have been NO SIGNIFICANT CHANGES from previous forecasts. While pesky areas of light snow/flurries will occur across ...

GI Police Report

Feb 11, 2025 / GIPD

MEDIA REPORTNews media report for: 2/11/25All crimes reported in this news media report are felonies for the past 24 hours. For more informati...

Gov. Pillen Advocates for Property Tax Relief Through TEEOSA Adjustments

Feb 11, 2025 / Laura Strimple

LINCOLN, NE – Governor Jim Pillen testified before the Nebraska Legislature’s Education Committee in favor of LB303 which aims to provi...

GICC Elementary and Speech Featured on Community Connection

Feb 10, 2025 / KRGI News

GICC Superintendent Jordan Engle focused on the elementary school and on the speech team as part of last week's conversation with Brian Gallagher.

Attorney General Hilgers Leads 23 State Coalition in Criticizing Biden-Harris Dietary Recommendations

Feb 10, 2025 / AG

Lincoln - Nebraska Attorney General Mike Hilgers led 23 states in pushing back against dietary recommendations made by a committee appointed by the...

GI City Council Meets Tuesday

Feb 10, 2025 / City of GI

Meeting Agenda of City Council Regular MeetingCouncil Chambers100 E First StreetFebruary 11, 2025 7:00 PM1. CALL TO ORDERThis is an open meeti...

Hastings Police Report

Feb 10, 2025 / HPD

February 10th 2025Reported Offenses: On February 9, 2025, a 52-year-old Hastings resident reported a hit and run in the 2200 block of North Kansas...

Hall County Board of Commissioners Next Meeting Tuesday

Feb 10, 2025 / KRGI News

The next meeting of the Hall County Board of Commissioners is Tuesday. Butch Hurst provide comments as part of the Community Connection Monday with...

Free Education Series for the Community-Feb. 27 Fact or Fiction? Type 2 Diabetes is Reversible

Feb 10, 2025 / Anissa Paitz, PR Strategist, CHI

GRAND ISLAND, NE--CHI Health St. Francis, in collaboration with Nebraska Heart Institute, is hosting a heart-education session at 6:30 p.m. on Thur...

GI Police Report

Feb 10, 2025 / GIPD

News media report for: 2/10/25All crimes reported in this news media report are felonies for the past 24 hours. For more information on report...

Snow Expected Early in the Week

Feb 9, 2025 / NWS

Snow expected in the Region. Chances for snow will come in 2 rounds: Monday afternoon into at least part of the day Tuesday and then again Tuesday...

NSP Investigating Homicide in Seward UPDATE

Feb 9, 2025 / NSP

February 9, 2025 (Seward, Neb.)  — The Nebraska State Patrol is now able to release additional information regarding the ongoing investi...

Hastings Police Report

Feb 9, 2025 / HPD

February 9th 2025Reported Offenses: On February 8, 2025, a 63-year-old Hastings resident reported fraud in the 1000 block of North Burlington Aven...

Governor Pillen Testifies in Support of the Stand With Women Act

Feb 9, 2025 / Laura Strimple

LINCOLN, NE – Today, Governor Jim Pillen appeared before the Nebraska Legislature’s Government, Military and Veterans Affairs Committee...

Gov. Pillen Appoints Ramsey as District Court Judge for the Ninth Judicial District

Feb 9, 2025 / Laura Strimple

 LINCOLN, NE – Today, Governor Jim Pillen announced his appointment of Kane M. Ramsey as district court judge in the Ninth Judicial Dist...